LIST OF AGENCIES / INSTITUTIONS LIST OF AGENCIES / INSTITUTIONS cont. LIST OF AGENCIES / INSTITUTIONS cont.
TUTIONS cont.
AFP- Armed Forces of the Philippines
ARMM- Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
ATI- Agricultural Training Institute
BARC- Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee
BCH-ARMM- Bureau of Cultural Heritage- Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
BSOs- Business Support Organizations
BSP- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
BuCor- Bureau of Corrections
BFAR- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
BPRE- Bureau of Post-Harvest Research
BI- Bureau of Immigration
BJMP- Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
CESB- Career Executive Service Board
CHED- Commission on Higher Education
CHR- Commission on Human Rights
COA- Commission on Audit
COMELEC- Commission on Elections
CSC- Civil Service Commission
CWC- Council for the Welfare of Children
DA- Department of Agriculture
DA-ATI- Department of Agriculture Agricultural Training Institute
DA-BPRE- Department of Agriculture Bureau of Post-Harvest Research and Extension
DAR- Department of Agrarian Reform
DepEd- Department of Education
DENR- Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DFA- Department of Foreign Affairs
DILG- Department of the Interior and Local Government
DND- Department of National Defense
DOE- Department of Energy
DOH- Department of Health
DOJ- Department of Justice
DOLE- Department of Labor and Employment
DOST- Department of Science and Technology
DOST-ITDI- Department of Science and Technology Industrial Technology
Development Institute
DOT- Department of Tourism
DPWH- Department of Public Works and Highways
DSWD- Department of Social Welfare and Development
DTI- Department of Trade and Industry
ECCD- Early Childhood Care and Development Council
For more information, please contact:
Philippine Commission on Women
1145 J. P. Laurel Street, San Miguel, Manila, 1005 Philippines
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Fax: 736-4449
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LIST OF AGENCIES / INSTITUTIONS cont. The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) shall be the overall monitoring and
FAP- Film Academy of the Philippines OWWA- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration How can Filipino women living abroad benefit from this law? oversight body to ensure the implementation of the law. It shall be the primary
FDA- Food and Drug Administration PARC- Presidential Agrarian Reform Council policy-making and coordinating body for women and gender equality concerns
FDCP- Film Development Council of the Philippines PARCCOM- Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee Section 37 of the Magna Carta of Women mandates the designation of a and shall lead in ensuring that government agencies are capacitated on the
GAB- Games and Amusement Board gender focal point in the consular section of Philippine embassies or effective implementation of MCW. Consistent with its mandate, the Commission
PCFC- People's Credit and Finance Corporation
consulates. The said officer who shall be trained on gender and development on Human Rights (CHR) shall act as the Gender and Development Ombud to
GFIs- Government Financial Institutions PCUP- Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor shall be primarily responsible in handling gender concerns of women migrant ensure the promotion and protection of women’s human rights. The Commission
GSIS- Government Service Insurance System PCW- Philippine Commission on Women workers, especially those in distress. Other agencies like DSWD and DOLE are on Audit (COA) shall conduct an annual audit on government offices’ use of their
HDMF- Home Development Mutual Fund PFDA- Philippine Fisheries Development Authority also mandated to cooperate in strengthening the Philippine foreign posts’ gender and development budgets for the purpose of determining its judicious
HEIs- Higher Education Institutions programs for the delivery of services to women migrant workers, consistent
PhilHealth- Philippine Health Insurance Commission use and the efficiency, and effectiveness of intervention in addressing gender
HGC- Home Guaranty Corporation with the one-country team approach in Foreign Service.
PMA- Philippine Military Academy issues. Local government units are also encouraged to develop and pass a Gender
HLURB- Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board PNPA- Philippine National Police Academy and Development code (GAD Code) to address the issues and concerns of women
Who will be responsible for implementing the MCW?
Magna
HUDCC- Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council PNP- Philippine National Police in their respective localities based on consultation with their women constituents.
IBP- Integrated Bar of the Philippines POEA- Philippine Overseas Employment Administration The State, the private sector, society in general, and all individuals shall
LCPCs- Local Councils for the Protection of Children POPCOM- Commission on Population contribute to the recognition, respect, and promotion of the rights of women What are the penalties of violators?
LGUs- Local Government Units PPB- Parole and Probation Board defined and guaranteed in the Magna Carta of Women.
LHBs- Local Housing Boards If the violation is committed by a government agency or any government office,
PPSC- Philippine Public Safety College
Carta
The Philippine government shall be the primary duty-bearer in implementing
LRA- Land Registration Authority including government-owned and controlled corporations, and local government
PSC- Philippine Sports Commission the said law. It is tasked to refrain from discriminating against women and
MFIs- Micro-finance Institutions units, the person directly responsible for the violation, as well as the head of agency
RCBW- Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women violating their rights; protect women against discrimination and from violation
MTRCB- Movie and Television Review and Classification Board or local chief executives shall be held liable under the MCW. The sanctions under
of their rights by private corporations, entities, and individuals; and promote
RDCs- Regional Development Councils administrative law, civil service or other appropriate laws shall be recommended
NAFC- National Agricultural and Fishery Council and fulfill the rights of women in all spheres, including their rights to substantive
of Women
SC- Supreme Court equality and non-discrimination. by the Commission on Human Rights to the Civil Service Commission and the
NAPC- National Anti-Poverty Commission Department of the Interior and Local Government. In cases where violence has
SHFC- Social Housing Finance Corporation
NAPOLCOM- National Police Commission The government shall fulfill these duties through the development and proven to be perpetrated by agents of the State, such shall be considered aggrava-
SSS- Social Security System
NCCA- National Commission for Culture and the Arts implementation of laws, policies, regulatory instruments, administrative ting offenses with corresponding penalties depending on the severity of the
SUCs- State Universities and Colleges
NCDA- National Council on Disability Affairs guidelines, and other appropriate measures, including temporary special offenses.
TESDA- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority measures. It shall also establish mechanisms to promote the coherent and
NCIP- National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
TRC- Technology Resource Center integrated implementation of the MCW and other related laws and policies to If the violation is committed by a private entity or individual, the person directly
NCMF- National Commission on Muslim Filipinos responsible for the violation shall be liable to pay damages.
effectively stop discrimination against Filipino women.
NDA- National Dairy Authority Who belong to the marginalized sectors? The offended party can also pursue other remedies available under the law and
What are the specific responsibilities of the government
R.A. 9710
NDRRMC- National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council The marginalized sectors are those that belong to the basic, disadvantaged,
can invoke any of the provisions of existing laws, especially those that protect the
NFARMC- National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council or vulnerable groups who are mostly living in poverty and have little or no
NGOs- Non government organizations access to land and other resources, basic social and economic services such under the MCW? rights of women.
NHA- National Housing Authority as health care, education, water and sanitation, employment and livelihood The Magna Carta of Women mandates all government offices, including
NHMFC- National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation opportunities, housing security, physical infrastructure and the justice system. government-owned and controlled corporations and local government units to How will the implementation of the MCW be funded?
adopt gender mainstreaming as a strategy for implementing the law and attaining
NTC- National Telecommunications Commission These include , but are not limited to women in the following sectors:
its objectives. It also mandates (a) planning, budgeting, monitoring and The MCW provides that the State agencies should utilize their Gender and
OCS- Officer Candidate School Small Farmers and Rural Workers, Fisherfolk, Urban Poor, Workers in the Formal
evaluation for gender and development, (b) the creation and/or strengthening Development budgets for programs and activities to implement its provisions.
OMB- Optical Media Board Economy, Workers in the Informal Economy, Migrant Workers, Indigenous Peoples,
of gender and development focal points, and (c) the generation and Funds necessary for the implementation of MCW shall be charged against the
Moro, Children, Senior Citizens, Persons with Disabilities, and Solo Parents.
OPAPP- Office of Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process maintenance of gender statistics and sex-disaggregated databases to aid in current appropriations of the concerned agencies, and shall be included in their
OPS- Office of the Press Secretary [renamed as Presidential Communications Office (PCO)] planning, programming and policy formulation. annual budgets for the succeeding years.
OSCA- Office of Senior Citizen Affairs
The MCW also mandates the State to prioritize allocation of all available resources
to effectively fulfill its obligations under the said law.
 What is RA 9710 or the
Magna Carta of Women ?
The RA 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) of 2009 is a
comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate
discrimination against women by recognizing, respecting, protecting,
fulfilling and promoting the rights of Filipino women, especially
those in the marginalized sectors.
What is discrimination against women?
any gender-based distinction, exclusion, or restriction which
has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recog-
nition, enjoyment, or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital
status, on the basis of equality of men and women, of human rights
and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural,
civil or any other field;
any act or omission, including by law, policy, administrative
measure, or practice, that directly or indirectly excludes or
restricts women in the recognition and promotion of their rights and
their access to enjoyment of opportunities, benefits, or privileges;
a measure or practice of general application that fails to
provide for mechanisms to offset or address sex or gender-
based disadvantages or limitations of women, as a result of which
women are denied or restricted in the recognition and protection of
their rights and in their access to and enjoyment of opportunities,
benefits, or privileges; or women, more than men are shown to have
suffered the greater adverse effects of those measures or practices;
and
discrimination compounded by or intersecting with other
grounds, status, or condition, such as ethnicity, age, poverty,
or religion.
“All individuals are equal as human beings by virtue of the
inherent dignity of each human person. No one, therefore, should
suffer discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender, age, language,
sexual orientation, race, color, religion, political, or other option,
national, social, or geographical origin, disability, property, birth,
or other status as established by human rights standards”.
(MCW, Sec. 3)
What are the rights of women guaranteed
under the Magna Carta of Women?
All rights in the Philippine Constitution and those rights recognized
under international instruments duly signed and ratified by the
Philippines, in consonance with Philippine laws shall be rights of
women under the Magna Carta of Women. These rights shall be
enjoyed without discrimination since the law prohibits discrimination
against women, whether done by public and private entities or
individuals.
The Magna Carta of Women spells out
the following rights:
Protection from all forms of violence, including those
committed by the State
This includes the incremental increase in the recruitment and training
of women in government services that cater to women victims of
gender-related offenses. It also ensures mandatory training on human
rights and gender sensitivity to all government personnel involved in
the protection and defense of women against gender-based violence,
and mandates local government units to
establish a Violence Against Women Desk in
every barangay to address violence against
women cases [Implementing agencies:
CSC, DBM, NAPOLCOM, NBI, DOJ, OPPAP,
DND-AFP, DSWD, DILG, DepEd, DOH, NCIP,
NCMF, PCW, CHR, PNP, CHED, LGUs)];
Protection and security in times of disaster, calamities
and other crisis situations
especially in all phases of relief,
recovery, rehabilitation, and
reconstruction efforts, including
protection from sexual exploitation
and other sexual and gender-based
violence [NDRRMC, particularly
DSWD, DND-OCD, DILG, LGUs];
Employment, livelihood, credit, capital and
Participation and Non-discrimination in employment
representation in the field of military, police, and
Special leave benefits of two (2)
months with full pay based on gross
technology [DOLE, DOF, DTI, DOST, DSWD, DA, DOF, DAR,
DENR, TESDA, NAPC, NCIP, BSP, PCFC, GFIs, MFIs, TRC, and other
other similar services monthly compensation, for women BSOs, GSIS, SSS];
including undertaking
temporary special measures This includes according the same employees who undergo surgery
caused by gynecological disorders, Skills training for women migrant and returning migrant
and affirmative actions to promotional privileges and opportunities workers, and equal opportunity in scholarship especially in
provided that they have rendered
accelerate and ensure women’s as their men counterpart, including pay research and development, aimed towards women friendly farm
continuous aggregate employment
equitable participation and increases, additional benefits, and awards, technology [DOLE, and its attached agencies and other concerned
service of at least six (6) months for
representation in the third level civil service (50-50 gender balance), based on competency and quality of performance. The dignity of offices];
the last twelve (12) months [CSC, DOLE]; and
development councils and planning bodies (40% membership), women in the military, police and other similar services shall always
as well as political parties and international bodies, including the be respected, they shall be accorded with same capacity as men to Representation and participation in policy-making or
private sector [CSC, CESB, RDCs, DFA, DTI, DSWD, COMELEC, Local act in and enter into contracts, including marriage, as well as be Equal rights in matters relating to marriage and
decision-making bodies in the regional, national, and international
levels [PARC, PARCCOM, BARC, community-based resource
Chief Executives]; entitled to leave benefits for women such as maternity leave, as family relations The State shall ensure the same rights of women management bodies mechanisms, NAFC, NFARMC, NCIP, PCUP,
provided for in existing laws. It also includes the revision or abolition and men to: enter into and leave marriages; freely choose a spouse; LHBs, NAPC Basic Sectoral Councils];
of practices and policies that restrict women from availing combat decide on the number and spacing of their children; enjoy personal
Equal treatment before the law and non-combat training that are open to men, or from taking other Access to information regarding policies on women,
rights including the choice of a profession; own, acquire and admi-
including the State’s review and when functions other than administrative duties [DND, DILG, PNPA, PPSC, nister their property; and acquire, change, or retain their nationality. including development and making available information,
necessary amendment or repeal of existing DOJ, PMA, OCS, LGUs]; education, and communication (IEC) materials on specific
It also states that the betrothal and marriage of a child shall have no programs, services, and funding outlays that affect women
laws that are discriminatory to women legal effect [DSWD, DOH, POPCOM, Supreme Court, DOJ, IBP, LGUs].
[ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LGUs];
[Congress, Executive-Legislative body);
Non-discriminatory and
non-derogatory portrayal Social protection to reduce poverty and vulnerability to risks
Equal access and elimination of discrimination against and enhance the social status and rights of all women [DSWD, DA,
of women in media and film The Magna Carta of Women also guarantees DOLE, POEA, OWWA, DTI, DFA, SSS, GSIS, PhilHealth, BSP, NAPC,
women in education, scholarships and training to raise the consciousness of the NCDA, disaster coordinating councils, LGUs];
the following civil, political and economic rights
This includes revising educational materials general public in recognizing the
dignity of women and the role and of women in the marginalized sectors: Recognition and preservation of cultural identity
“No school shall refuse and curricula to remove gender stereotypes
admission to a female contribution of women in family, and integrity provided that these cultural systems and
and images, and outlawing the expulsion,
student due to
community, and the society through the strategic use of mass media practices are not discriminatory to women [NCCA, NCIP, NCMF,
pregnancy.” non-readmission, prohibiting enrollment RCBW-ARMM, CHED, DepED];
[OPS, NTC, MTRCB, FAP, FDCP, OMB, NCCA, women’s media NGOs, LGUs];
and other related discrimination against Food security and resources for food production
women students and faculty due to including equal rights in the titling of the land and issuance of Inclusion in discussions on peace and development
pregnancy outside marriage [DepEd,CHED, [OPAPP, PCW, CHR, RCBW, BCH-ARMM, NCIP, DepEd, CHED, SUCs,
Comprehensive health stewardship contracts and patents [DA, BFAR, NFARMC, BPRE,
TESDA, DOJ, DSWD, CHR, PNP, LGUs]; AFP, PNP, TESDA, DSWD, DOH, LGUs];
services and health PFDA, NDA, ATI, DOST, DOST-ITDI, DTI, FDA, DOE, DAR, DENR,
information and education DOT, DPWH, LRA, NCIP, TESDA, SUCs/HEIs, LGUs];
Family Planning Services and interventions for Women in Especially
covering all stages of a woman’s life Clinic Difficult Circumstances or WEDC [DSWD, DOLE, TESDA, DOH,
Equal participation in sports Localized, accessible, secure, and affordable housing DOJ, CHR, PNP, BJMP, BuCor, PPB, NBI, BI, LGUs];
cycle, and which addresses the major
including consultation and involvement of women in community
This includes measures to ensure that causes of women’s mortality and
planning and development [HUDCC, NHA, HGC, NHMFC, SHFC, Protecton of Girl-Children against all forms of discrimination
gender-based discrimination in morbidity, including access to,
HLURB, HDMF, PCUP, LGUs]; in education, health and nutrition, and skills development [CWC,
competitive and non-competitive among others, maternal care, ECCD, DepEd, NCIP, NCMF, CHED, TESDA, DILG, RCBW, BCH-ARMM,
sports is removed so that women responsible, ethical, legal, safe and LGUs, LCPCs]; and
and girls can benefit from sports effective methods of family planning, Decent work standards including creation of jobs in
acceptable conditions of freedom, equality, security, and human
development [PSC, GAB, DepEd, CHED, and encouraging healthy lifestyles Protection of Senior Citizens from gender-based
SUCs, sports-related organizations]; and activities to prevent diseases [DOH, dignity [DOLE, CSC, POEA, OWWA, DTI, DFA, NAPC, ]; violence and suspected cases of abuse and neglect [OSCA, DSWD,
DepEd, CHED, PhilHealth, DOLE, LGUs]; DOH, LGUs].